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| TraxWeekly Issue #81 | Release date: 19 Dec. 1996 | Subscribers: 899 |
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I can't believe this.
We have exactly 899 subscribers to TraxWeekly! =) So, are we going to
break 1000 anytime soon? Hmmmmmm? Thanks to everyone who has decided to
hang on with this newsletter, through good and bad times, good and bad
articles...I really believe that this week makes up for some of it.
We have a series of articles focused on improving tracking techniques,
including a new feature, the 'IT Tip of the Week' by Pinion [phluid]. Greg
Heo returns with yet another 'intro to music theory' and the modsquad
finishes off their series on chiptunes.
Atlantic covers some of the most popular songs of 1996, and there's a
TraxCulture for those interested. =)
May you all have an incredible holiday season!
Gene Wie (Psibelius)
TraxWeekly Publishing
gwie@csusm.edu
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Letters and Feedback
1. Letter from Geno Pitiani
2. Letter from Stefan Trischler
3. Letter from Sub
General Articles
4. Impulse Tracker Tip of the Week...............Pinion
5. Intro to Music Theory: Vol.4..................Greg Heo
6. Chiptune Seminar..............................The Modsquad
7. What People Like Most.........................Atlantic
8. TraxCulture...................................Random Lamers
Group Columns
9. Analogue
10. SkyJump Team
Advertisements
Kosmic Archive CD-ROM!
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/-[Letters and Feedback]----------------------------------------------------
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--[1. Letter from Geno Pitiani]---------------------------------------------
From pizza_head@juno.comFri Dec 13 16:51:08 1996
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 18:54:37 PST
From: Geno Pitiani <pizza_head@juno.com>
To: gwie@mailhost2.csusm.edu
Subject: article for this week
Hello everyone im back :) to all of you thinking that a big time company
wont try to get involved with the scene, guess again! I got an add from a
computer store yesterday here it goes (this is exactly what it says)
New Beat Trancemission CD - Microforum (side note: this is a big time
company they produce lots of games) for win95
Create high-energy house, trance, techno, and hip hop beats, wheather
you're a beginner or the hottest DJ on record. NewBeat trancemission
provides all the tools needed to create studio quality music, including
over 250 instrument and sfx samples, a common .wav format for exporting
any sound to other Windows applications, FuseBox for drum kits and
beats, Sound Warp for recording your own sounds, and 20 different sound
Channels. (side note: thats what says its a tracking program, 20
channels, and its not midi cus it uses wavs like a tracking program)
Now Only $24.99
thats the add, i dont no, sounds a little interesting,
Any one got 25 bux and feel like reviewing it?
-PiZZa HeaD
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--[2. Letter from Stefan Trischler]-----------------------------------------
From Stefan_Trischler@bboard.blackbox.or.atMon Dec 16 00:29:31 1996
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 96 19:25:09 +0100
From: Stefan Trischler <Stefan_Trischler@bboard.blackbox.or.at>
To: gwie@mailhost2.csusm.edu
Subject: Re: Nightmare on #trax Street...
Here's a description of the program, from the shareware.com e-zine..
<Cut here>
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BECOME A MAESTRO
Microsoft Music Producer lets you quickly create custom-tailored,
royalty-free music for multimedia presentations, or for inclusion in Web
pages. Making music with the program is extremely easy, no matter how
musically challenged you might be. There's no need to understand musical
notation, theory, programming, or even how to play an instrument. Simply
preview dozens of samples, select musical settings, test how they sound,
and then click Compose. By basing your composition on one of the 100-plus
professionally prepared musical styles included in Music Producer, you'll
have professional-sounding tunes in no time. And you can create precisely
the arrangement you want to hear by customizing elements such as instrument
choice, tempo, volume, and length settings.
FACTS:
Program Name: Microsoft Music Producer
Version: 1.0
Size: 2690K
Developed By: Microsoft Corporation
License: Freeware
Requirements: Windows 95/NT, sound card (wavetable recommended)
To experience drag and drop composing, point your browser to:
http://www.shareware.com/code/engine/File?archive=cnet-win95&file=win95%2
multimedia%2fimuspro%2eexe&size=2823224
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--[3. Letter from Sub]------------------------------------------------------
From sub@plazma.netFri Dec 13 16:46:56 1996
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 96 02:11 SAT
From: "sub@plazma.net" <sub@plazma.net>
To: gwie@mailhost2.csusm.edu
Subject: [TRAX-WEEKLY:105] Response to stuff...
Subject: Response to stuff...
Ok, My views on Reviews are that they can be VERY valuable, but not when
it's, oh, hornet's * ratings... or anything along those lines when the
music is evaluated and then the listener gives back feedback as to what
could IMPROVE on the song, then it's a LOT nicer to have done...
I personally appreciate it when even someone hears it and says "IT SUCKS"
or "is this something to commit hara kiri to?" <maelcum> ;) Anyway, they
ARE rather good things, and can even help the public to see what is a
decent song out there...
Also, another thing I want to mention is try and make your music REALLY
GOOD. The quality of the samples can be a factor, but if you got your
wonderful samples, but there's nothing there at all, what's the use of
releasing it? I've seen a lot of this sort come from KFMF lately. I'm not
dissing the group, it's just an honest opinion. I say that because I'm
tired of seeing track after track of the same old techno boom cha stuff, or
just plain stuff that doesn't really have much substance <all trackers,
please> - This is just a thought that I have had after seeing massive
pollution trickle down to a local bbs to me who gets SDC stuff regularly.
regarding other things... I believe that it would be neat to bring back the
interviews, serious ones mind you, of the new promising members of the
scene, and even some of the older ones who have that mysterious air to
them. Let the people see who they are, not just the alias sitting on
their screen with the words "A Song By" stuck by it.
Well, these are just some views from a reader.... Thanks...
sub@plazma.net
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Everyone has something to say about music reviews, and I guess someone
takes a hit, no matter who carefully regulated the reviewing process is.
On this planet, no human exists who is completely objective. Therefore,
we will always have disagreements, thus ratings are never to the complete
acceptance of 100% of the people involved.
All thins aside, I think that amidst their workload and the difficulties
in managing the archive, the members of Hornet put out an admirable effort
in a difficult job. These are people who volunteer their time and energy
to making sure that the Hornet archive continues, and that more space is
found to house everyone's creations.
For $0.00/hour, I think they do pretty well, don't you?
-Ed.
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--[4. Impulse Tracker Tip of the Week]----------------[pinion (Ryan Hunt)]--
I'd like to start off the first tip of the week by describing why I'm doing
this series in the first place. It's simple: I feel that Impulse Tracker
has too many feature that are not utilized to thier full potential. There
also seem to be quite a few features that many think are pointless. I
dissagree with this. I have found novel uses for all of the the features
with the exception of possibly the vibrato wave forms, which aren't an
Impulse Tracker invention anyway.
With that out of the way, on to the tip...
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Tip #1: using envelopes to create good reverb for drums.
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<Step one> Pick a sample with good reverb applied to it already.
Right now you may be thinking, "if the sample already has reverb applied
to it why do I need to do this trick?" Well, the longer the reverb decay,
the more sample data is needed; sample_data=file_size. Also, when the
sample is played at different speeds the reverb will be foreshortened
which sounds bad. The reverb area of the sample doesn't even need to be
all that long.
<step two> Loop the reverb part of the sample.
I have found the best results with ping-pong loops, but forward loops can
be used as well. You want to be sure that the looped area has a fairly
consistent volume so that the loop is as smooth as possible. After you
get a good loop it's probably a good idea to hit ALT-L to get rid of the
excess sample data. Hell! If you can save even one or two kilobytes that's
less time people have to spend downloading your song.
<step three> Give the sample a good volume envelope.
When played as a standard sample the loop will sound like crap. This is
why you'll want to give the sample the right decay in instrument mode.
The best vol. envelope I have found for this job is something similar to:
|o----o | - what can I say...
| o | I'm no artist! :)
| o |
| o |
| o |
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You'll also want to set the instruments NNA to 'continue' so that there is
no clipping when another note is played after it. Also, don't let the note
ring out too long, because along with having the possiblity of sounding
wierd and unrealistic, it could possibly eat up virtual channels in a
scarry way.
Footnote: I assume that these ideas could be used in FT2 as well, but I
can't really vouch for that seeing as I don't really use it. Also, if you
don't want to use the reverb effect on the sample all the time, you can
always give it a sustain loop instead of a standard loop, then all you
need to do is place a '===' after the note to turn it off.
Well... good luck.
If you need further information on this trick or have an idea for a Tip of
the Week email pinion@netcom.com
-pinion (phluid)
email: pinion@netcom.com
web : www.acid.org/phluid/newmain.html
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--[5. introduction to musical theory: volume four]--------------[Greg Heo]--
[introduction]
Hello again, and welcome to the fourth installment. Today, I'll be
discussing some preliminary stuff leading on to chord theory, which I
skipped over back in volume one.
I almost hesitate to submit this and skip right into chord theory, but
I think this stuff is important.
[key signatures]
Before you get into making chords, it's important to know what key
you are in. To discover this, find the end of a complete phrase, and
see which note it ends on. Do this a couple of times throughout the
song. Chances are, that this note should appear a lot as the last note,
and this is what key you are in. A quick review (# is sharp, b is flat):
key of c: no sharps/flats
g: F# (sharp) f: Bb
d: F# C# Bb: Bb Eb
a: F# C# G# Eb: Bb Eb Ab
e: F# C# G# D# Ab; Bb Eb Ab Db
b: F# C# G# D# A# Db: Bb Eb Ab Db Gb
f#: F# C# G# D# A# E# Gb: Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb
c#: F# C# G# D# A# E# B# Cb: Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb Fb
Here's an easy way to remember the order of sharps:
"Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle"
And flats:
"Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles' Father"
Whee. So if you run through your entire melody and write down which
sharps/flats you have, you can determine the key, which helps immensely
in chord theory. Note that some trackers display only sharps, so keep
in mind that C#=Db, D#=Eb, F#=Gb, G#=Ab, and A#=Bb.
Note that this applies to major keys. Songs in a major key sound
'happy'. Minor keys sound 'sad'. I don't know how else to describe
it. Try tracking the following:
(major) C D E F G A B C
(minor) C D D# F G G# A# C
There's the difference. So if your song happens to be in a minor key,
just follow this rhyme:
"When the major key you know, the minor lies a third below"
Or the reverse:
"When the minor key you know, the major lies a third above"
Okay, so I just made that one up :]. Notice that C minor contains
three sharps. What major key also has three sharps? Well, we move up
the keyboard three steps, and find D#/Eb. Anyhow, here's another chart
displaying the minor keys and their relative majors:
major = minor
C A
C#/Db A#/Bb
D B
D#/Eb C
E C#/Db
F D
F#/Gb D#/Eb
G E
G#/Ab F
A F#/Gb
A#/Bb G
B G#/Ab
[so what's the point of all this?]
Well, now you know what key you're in. And you also know which sharps
and flats to use. So if you're in D major (or B minor), then you know
that the note F has to be sharp (F#), and the same with C. Wow. So
who cares? Now what do we do with this? Scales.
[scales (blech)]
I don't even like discussing them, so I'll make it brief. We know the
key of the song. Use that, and write out eight letters after it.
example: key is a major.
write: a b c d e f g a
now, look on the chart. A major has three sharps (father charles goes).
So, rewrite: a b c# d e f# g# a. Whee. You've constructed a scale. Now
we have a real basis for some chord theory.
Note that this stuff is based on the 'standard' seven note scales. There
are a lot of other types of scales (5-12 notes) that (obviously) have to
have different chords. I'll get to those later...like I've said...it's
an _introduction_ :).
[roman numberals and scale tones]
Each note of the scale is refered to as a number rather than a specific
letter name. This is to make references more general, and applicable to
all keys. So I is the first note, II is the second, and so on. You should
also be aware that I is called the 'tonic', IV is 'sub-dominant', and
V is the 'dominant' note. The other ones have names too, but that's not
too important. Just keep it in the back of your head.
[closing]
I think I've discussed everything in the 'pre-chord' area. Tune in
again next week.
greg.river [river@io.org]
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--[6. Chiptune Seminar]-------------------------------------[The Modsquad]--
The Progress of Chip Theory in Musical Tracked
Chip Tunes and How it Affects You, the Modern Tracker
in Today's Modern Tracker Culture and Era
by Bongo Jongo, Spessartini and Neon Hunter
Part 4/4
This is the final part of our four installment contribution to the
Traxweekly mag, attempting to educate you in tracking chip tunes, and in
fact, any other type of music. If you have any further questions, contact
us at:
modsquad@juno.com
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we wanna know if we should keep sending our articles!!! write to
the above email address and tell us:
1) if we should keep on doing it
2) how often we should give it to traxweekly
3) any topics you wish us to cover
4) any other comments/questions
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This week, we will cover inspiration for specific types of music, nail
collections, chord progressions, encryption, and naming your songs.
CHAPTER 20: "Clear the path, and burn down the trees"
When I start writing chipsongs, by the 100's... I often find myself
picking my nose, and flinging it at the monitor. My dog will
come over to me, I'd pet him, then I'd light some of my clothes on
fire, and sacrifice an AOL cd-rom to my cyber-alter. If I'm currently
having a writer's block, I'll just get a hammer, and bash my hand
in, then I'll be thinking about pain, so usually I'll start writing
some hardcore/trance music. Here is a chart for what you must
do, to get the right thoughts for different styles of music:
Techo:
Acid: Close your eyes, push your fingers into them, until
they feel like they are about to pop, and watch the
kaliedoscopic patterns form.
Trance: Eat as many twinkies as you can, until you think that
if you have any more twinkies, the white shit on
the inside will come out of your ears. Keep on eating
until it does, or you vomit. Or both.
House: Read a copy of the Phantom Toll Booth and rediscover
a classic. Note: This may result (sometimes) in
you thinking about jazz, but you will form it in a
way that jazz-house is made. We do not know why this
happens.
Rave: Get a whole bunch of Christmas lightbulbs, and if you're
not Christian, steal em from a neighboor. Throw them
onto the ground with force until your ankles skin is
practically red with blood. Course, if you don't have
any neighbors its a different story. Now you gotta go
and mail order them. If you're too unlucky, just think
of all those kids dying in Bosnia.
Commercial Rave: Dont even try anything for that shit... The stuff makes
me vomit if I listen to more than 10 seconds of it.
If you dont vomit after at least 30 seconds, it indicates
somesort of braindamage (usually internal brain
hemoraging)
Hardcore Trance: Bash your hand in with a hammer, and do it repeatly until
You can see the bone off every single one of your
knuckles.
Jungle: Tickle your ass with a feather until you cannot breathe
any longer.
CHAPTER 21: NAIL COLLECTIONS
"I'm a firestarter!"
The Prodigy
_Firestarter_
This might not seem like an important enough topic for it's own chapter,
but I think it is. It's about nail collections, and why not to have them.
Take the following example:
Theres a guy, Joe Asshole. (Well I guess he could have another name. If
you think it shouldn't be in your magazine, then edit it out and change
the name) Actually it's from a joke, I'll tell you at the end.
Anyways, Joe Asshole (Remember you have to edit all of them or it will
have an asshole in there somewhere. Oh, and take out these things in
parentheses too, they don't look very good with them) is a guy with a
nail collection. One day, before doing his daily track, he decided to
take a look at his nail collection closely to see if they had any nicks
and scratches so he would take them back to the guy who sold them to him.
(Nobody had ever actually given him his money back, so he kept switching
suppliers every time he added more nails. This was also good because it
gave a different type of nails each time)
He took each nail and stood it straight up on it's head, behind the chair
he sat in to do his daily tracking. He set them all up in rows and counted
them. There were 1546 nails. Of course a few fell over but he was careful
to put his knees in places so that they wouldn't but they did anyways, so
he put them back up. Then he decided he wanted to keep them that way cause
they looked so cool.
So he left them that way and started to track. It started out to be a
pretty cool tune so he finished it quickly and started another one. This
one was a decent ambient tune. He wrote it slowly cause it was ambient,
and it turned out that he a good tune too, so good it made him sleepy.
He leaned back in his chair and yawned, But he had forgotten, this wasn't
a chair you could lean back in, that chair had been taken to his mothers
work so she could work in it, cause it was a great chair for working in.
When the chair leaned back, he fell over and the nails got stuck in his
back. Then he called his mom at work and she came home and pulled them
all out.
The end.
Oh yeah, the joke about Joe Asshole (Don't take this out if you are
editing it, it's a good joke!) is that once there was a guy named Joe
Asshole, and he really wanted to change his name, so he went to court to
change his name and the judge said "Well yes, I can see why you would
want to change that name" and he said "Yeah, I'm sick of people asking
me 'Hey Joe, what do you know?'"
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CHAPTER 22: Chord Progressions
"I've got a hose! It's quite big at that!"
The Prodigy
_Firestarter_
This chapter is all about chord theory and how to use it in music. The
most important thing to know when writing music with chords is the
different types of chords and all their names. Here they are:
Major C- E- G-
Minor C- D# G-
Sus2 C- D- G-
Sus4 C- F- G-
Major C E G
Minor C D# G
Sus2 C D G
Sus4 C F G
Seven C E G A#
7sus4 C F G
Maj7 C E G B
M7s11 C E G F#
Min7 C D# G A#
Maj9 C E B D
Min9 C D# A# D
Min11 C D# A# F
MajA9 C E G D
These ones were given to me by a friend, as weird as they look. Anyways,
I think the "Sus" stands for "Sustaining" and the "a" stands for "Add" and
"s" stands for "Subtract"
Now how to use them. Lets say you have this track, which goes like so:
|C-4 07 .. ...|E-4 05 .. ...|G-4 06 .. ...| Major
|C-4 06 .. ...|D-4 05 .. ...|G-4 07 .. ...| Sustaining 2
|C-4 05 .. ...|D#4 06 .. ...|G-4 07 .. ...| Minor
|C-5 05 .. ...|E-5 07 .. ...|G-5 05 .. ...| Major
Of course with spaces in them. I don't want to waste any space in the
article so I took out all the shit in between.
This is a bad chord progression because it uses all different samples,
like what if some of those are drums? How will it sound then? I will
tell you how! Crap! It is also bad because the chord types it uses
are all the first four and my friend said that as you go down the
list you come to the cooler chords. So lets take a look at the last
four on the list:
Maj9 C E B D
Min9 C D# A# D
Min11 C D# A# F
MajA9 C E G D
Alright, lets try these, with the same instrument:
|C-4 05 .. ...|E-4 05 .. ...|B-4 05 .. ...|D-4 05 .. ...| Major 9
|C-4 05 .. ...|D#4 05 .. ...|A#4 05 .. ...|D-4 05 .. ...| Minor 9
|C-4 05 .. ...|D#4 05 .. ...|A#4 05 .. ...|F-4 05 .. ...| Minor 11
|C-4 05 .. ...|E-4 05 .. ...|G-4 05 .. ...|D-4 05 .. ...| Major Add 9
Actually, if you don't mind taking risks, you can jumble these around
and make a completely different chord progression!
|C-4 05 .. ...|E-4 05 .. ...|G-4 05 .. ...|D-4 05 .. ...| Major Add 9
|C-4 05 .. ...|E-4 05 .. ...|B-4 05 .. ...|D-4 05 .. ...| Major 9
|C-4 05 .. ...|D#4 05 .. ...|A#4 05 .. ...|D-4 05 .. ...| Minor 9
|C-4 05 .. ...|D#4 05 .. ...|A#4 05 .. ...|F-4 05 .. ...| Minor 11
Thats cool, isn't it?
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CHAPTER 23: Secret messages
"If you want some fire it comes out of the hose!"
The Prodigy
_Firestarter_
Sending secret messages can be invaluable when you are tracking at school
or at work. Say you come up with this great new addendum thing to music
theory, and want to tell your friend, across the room. You could say
"A sounds good with C and E, pass it on!" to someone and they might pass
it on to your friend, but then they would know the secret too!
(I actually haven't tested A C and E together, so they might not sound
good, this is just an example)
So you have to ENCRYPT it. Some people use an old thing they learned as
kids, by using 1 for A, 2 for B, and so on. It would encrypt that text
to the following:
1 - 19 15 21 14 4 19 - 7 15 15 4 - 23 9 20 8 - 3 - 1 - 14 - 4 - 19 - 5
Looks pretty cryptic, right? Wrong!
A better way is to change the letters by one, so A is Z and B is A and so
on. This would encrypt that text to the following:
Z rntmcr fnnd vhsi B zmc D
Noone will ever guess this one!
But just to be sure, you should combine the two:
26 - 18 14 29 13 3 18 - 6 14 14 3 - 22 8 19 7 - 2 - 26 - 13 - 3 - 18 - 4
THAT will really stump them!
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CHAPTER 24: Naming your songs
"Your momma starts to talk."
The Allman Brothers
_Those_Damn_Irish_
Mom says I should go to bed soon so I will make this chapter short.
A fun way to name your songs is to play them to your friends and ask them
for names if you can't think of one yourself. Another good way is to talk
to one and ask him to type a letter and then you type a letter to make
cool words to make a title out of. Or even with words.
Here is some stuff a friend and I came up with a while ago.
fractional dimentirg pollitix fuxiate jackoff zytousob auxita loon zippel
shyti ikfar olololtop quomel rheaudaws efex fefi phoxyt bates umm i gimet
gigibytequimli cramitupyourass deadotterian dudserti butt gap hellopia
Now I KNOW you can make up some good crap with those words and your own.
So far so good, right?
Well, theres a problem. What if the some is exactly the same as the one
you did a week before? Well, heres what you do:
If its the second time you did a song like that, have the same name, but
tag a "][" onto it. I don't know what it means, but everyone does it.
For the third, use "]I[" or alternately "]i[", which I personally think
looks much cooler.
That ends our four installment article on The Progress of Chip Theory in
Musical Tracked Chip Tunes and How it Affects You, the Modern Tracker
in Today's Modern Tracker Culture and Era. We hope we have helped you
to compose better tunes!
Love,
Bongo Jongo,
Spessartini,
Neon Hunter
modsquad@juno.com
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--[7. What People Like the Most]--------------------------------[Atlantic]--
No, I'm not one for popularity contests. Yay, 123412 people think
"earth.mod" is the best tracked song since 1983. Sure, that is
interesting, but what of the other songs.. As in all art, taste in
tracked music is incredibly subjective.
This list, then, is not something to boost egos or to disappoint
those who aren't included. It's not like that at all. Quite the
opposite, I think it's noble enough to show people that their work
is appreciated by someone out there. In order to do that, I
got a very wide spectrum of opinion, and, as you will see by the
selections, an interesting compilation of music.
Take this list, and scope out Hornet's demo archive - pick up some
of the music here. Especially the stuff you haven't heard of at all -
that's the best of all. As an experiment, I picked up three songs, and
all three were definate keepers (which is a great accomplishment, with
my hugoid spacemaster 170 meg HD). There's some spiffy music here,
check it out. My main objective is to open people's eyes to the mass
amount of talent that's out there.
Big thanks go out to those people who offered their input and showed
their appreciation.. I wish you all the happiest Ho-Ho holiday, and
success in all that you do in '97 (including tracking)!
#Trax Selections for the Best Tracked Music of 1996
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Falcon Cosmic Outflow Atlantic Skaven stylin
Falcon Cosmic Outflow Pulse No comment given
Falcon Cosmic Outflow Omega No comment given
Stinger Hard Times Mellow-d No comment given
Mikki Racy Raccoon Mako No comment given
Dynamic Harmony Party-On Funko-Tron Atlantic D.h.rocks the world
Dynamic Harmony Meaning Atlantic Very catchy tune
Edge Season of Mists Phantasm No comment given
Mellow-d Cotton Wool Mick Rip No comment given
Mellow-d Syanide Self Atlantic Strange but groovy
Mellow-d Syanide Self Clef "It's wicked"
Mellow-d Syanide Self Mick Rip No comment given
Mellow-d X.K.Fulse (unrel) 3NO Weird and cool
Mellow-d Negation Phantasm No comment given
Sybaris Welcome to the Gods Stinger No comment given
Chris Jarvis Fallen World Pulse Nice freeform time
Chris Jarvis Sidewalk Pulse Just too cool
MikPosner Seahorse Corral Farmer No comment given
Vivid Going Down Screamager No comment given
Scirocco Unreal2 (rmx) Atlantic Justice was done
Scirocco Unreal2 (rmx) Ryg No comment given
Scirocco Unreal2 (rmx) Future Assassin No comment given
Pinion Waterscape Phantasm No comment given
Liam the Lemming Painting Rainbows Gblues Kickass piano tune
Liam the Lemming Painting Rainbows Smash No comment given
Mick Rippon Maximalism Atlantic Phat as all hell
Mick Rippon Maximalism Paganus No comment given
Mick Rippon Warm Rain Human No comment given
Mick Rippon Warm Rain Smash No comment given
Mick Rippon Warm Rain Atlantic Nicely Sampled
Mick Rippon Astrid Clef Very realistic sound
Mick Rippon Astrid Atlantic Done with care
Mick Rippon Astrid Pulse Hits home
Mick Rippon Existing (rmx) Atlantic Funkass remix
Mick Rippon Existing (rmx) Pulse No comment given
Muffler Kalisset Mako No comment given
Siren Rhythm Seclusion Toejam No comment given
Siren Universe Electric Skie No comment given
Siren Universe Electric Phantasm No comment given
Siren Shalame Toejam No comment given
Mystical Stomping..Elephantus Atlantic Good groove&samples
Mystical Creature of the Woods Mako No comment given
Mystical Indigo Theme Mako No comment given
Scorpio Fumble Your Radio Omega No comment given
Grymmjack Rise of the Drake Farmer No comment given
Bomb20 May I Speig Broke my speakers
Boomer Kosmic Bliss Mako No comment given
Boomer Coiled Heart Mako No comment given
Weed Yellow Eyes Phantasm No comment given
Necros Mechanism Eight Atlantic Awesome engineering
Necros Mechanism Eight Pulse No comment given
Necros Shadow Caster Toejam No comment given
Necros Shadow Caster Mellow-d No comment given
Necros Tangerine Fascination Gblues Should've won
Necros Tangerine Fascination RyG No comment given
Necros Tangerine Fascination Screamager No comment given
Necros Tangerine Fascination Imager No comment given
Necros Energia 3NO Just amazing
Subliminal Dream Farmer No comment given
Zodiak Ejector 3NO Just funky
Future Assassin Demon's Pride (rmx) Phantasm No comment given
Timelord Affliction Atlantic Enigmalike n' cool
Daedalus Near Dark (rmx) Atlantic Very energetic
Daedalus Eternity Atlantic Strong progressions
Daedalus Eternity Paganus No comment given
Sir Roger Troubles Omega No comment given
Shaithis Winter Dream Farmer No comment given
Dune Last Train Mako No comment given
Dilvish Questions Phantasm No comment given
Dilvish Praying For A Dream Mick Rip No comment given
Elwood Feats of Valor Kal Zakath Traditional but
Elwood Sweet Dreams Kal Zakath good demomusic
Elwood Sweet Dreams Clef No comment given
Mayhem The Insomniac Atlantic Excellent sampling
Mayhem Epsilon Eclipse Atlantic Deserved victory
Skie Route 84 Gravedigger No comment given
Spyder Les Feuilles Mortes Smash No comment given
Darkwolf Fluid Motion Farmer No comment given
Zastar Another Night...Thought Phantasm No comment given
Zastar Youth Dances...Eyes Phantasm No comment given
Zastar But...A Long Time Ago Farmer No comment given
Zastar Moonlit Waterfall Farmer No comment given
Ozone Taking Me Higher Pulse Commercial quality
Yolk/Legend Eyegaboom Mako Great beat/synths
Bert Children (rmx) Atlantic Controlled tracking
Bert A Dream Atlantic Very clean sampling
Bert Gimme a Break Toejam No comment given
TheFear I escaped Boomer No comment given
TheFear I escaped Stinger No comemnt given
Drax Honesty Mako No comment given
Keith3o3 Planet Orange Speig No comment given
Rage Aslak Mellow-d No comment given
Rage Orbiting Kal Zakath Smooth & relaxing
Rage Orbiting Phantasm No comment given
Rage Orbiting Stinger No comment given
Rage Orbiting Mako No comment given
Atlantic/Aahz Grapefruit Glow Imager No comment given
Atlantic The Story..Mermaid Paganus No comment given
Glitch Ecstacy Atlantic Loud and powerful
Stalker Fait Lux Imager No comment given
Stalker Lunar Lullaby Phantasm No comment given
Replay Inertia Atlantic Amazing melody work
Wave The Home Visit Atlantic Pro engineering
Wave The Home Visit 3NO Nice and happy
Wave Pools of Poison Mick Rip No comment given
Wave Pools of Poison Smash No comment given
Wave Pools of Poison RyG No comment given
Wave Pools of Poison Clef Interesting style
Wave Mountain Breeze Gravedigger No comment given
Wave Mountain Breeze Diablo No comment given
Leviathan Spiral Dream RideR No comment given
Leviathan Emerald Visions Smash No comment given
ChuckB Sundae Parfait Screamager No comment given
ChuckB Longing Arclight No comment given
ChuckB Dream-State Arclight No comment given
ChuckB Field Trip Arclight No comment given
Mayhem/Absalom Pain96 Future Assassin No comment given
Basehead Zen Garden Phantasm No comment given
Basehead Walking Blindfold Skie Everything he writes
Basehead Luminous/Uvula Groove Skie makes me nuts
Basehead Luminous/Uvula Groove Diablo No comment given
Basehead Noc. Intruder (unrel) Mellow-d No comment given
Basehead Lonely Planet Gravedigger No comment given
Basehead Lonely Planet Toejam No comment given
Basehead Lonely Planet Mick Rip No comment given
Radix Martian Girl Smash No comment given
Malakai You're Holding My Heart Atlantic Emotionally potent
Malakai You're Holding My Heart Paganus No comment given
Vic Algory Mellow-D No comment given
Erektor The Peterson Dilemma Mako No comment given
Clef ChipFunk Farmer No comment given
Hunz Magasin De Jeux Clef Sticks in your head
Hunz Surrender Smash No comment given
Hunz Time's Only Trauma Atlantic No comment given
Dyne Kveldsvice Axl No comment given
Kal Zakath Lame Chip Phantasm No comment given
Sequencer Cheezemobile Screamager No comment given
Those who Chose:
Atlantic, Gblues, Pulse, Kal Zakath, Spieg, Skie, RideR, RyG, Screamager,
Imager, Gravedigger, Phantasm, Clef, Mick Rippon, Stinger, Diablo,
Paganus, Mako, Axl, Farmer, Smash, Boomer, Toejam, Singe, Human, 3NO,
Arclight, Future Assasssin, Mellow-d & Omega.
Again, I wish y'all the best in the new year.
Atlantic (atlantic@arcos.org)
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Contrary to popular opinion, the denizens of #trax are *very* well
versed in the mysteries of the scientific field.
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*** Now talking in #trax
<Astrid> ior: heheh
> Astrid
> Mondo
<Astrid> Oxide!!!!
> Elemental
<ior> O man
> ior
*** ior is now known as DiOxideMan
<DiOxideMan> hihihihihi
> hehehehehe:)
*** DiOxideMan is now known as CarbonDioxideMa
> :P
*** CarbonDioxideMa is now known as CarbonDioxideMan
<Astrid> hahaha
<CarbonDioxideMan> there we go
> hehe :P hehe my music is dealy, what can I say:)
<Elemental> oxide!
> err deadly
> Elemental: whas up?
<CarbonDioxideMan> STAND BACK, OXIDEMAN! this is a job for
someone who can put others to sleep!
> hahahahahahaa
<Elemental> oxide : hell..not much
<CarbonDioxideMan> and this is also a job for a poisonous gas, not an
innocuous gas that rarely ever occurs mono-atomically,
like your name suggests!
> Elemental: hehe
<Elemental> ha
*** CarbonDioxideMan is now known as FerrousOxide
<FerrousOxide> NO!
<Elemental> oxide: its friday, so thats good news
<Elemental> YES!
> Ewwww rust:)
<FerrousOxide> Back up, CarbonDioxideMan! You'll get blown away!
<FerrousOxide> This is a job for a solid!
> Elemental: werd
<FerrousOxide> FerousOxideMan to the rescue!
> Rust can make thermite:)
*** FerrousOxide is now known as XenonPhosphite
> hehe
<XenonPhosphite> No one likes me
<XenonPhosphite> I violate the octet rule
<XenonPhosphite> therefore I will destroy #trax"£^%£"$&^£$%
<XenonPhosphite> muahahahaha
> hahahahahhaaa:P
*** XenonPhosphite is now known as FerrousOxideMan
<FerrousOxideMan> NO!
<FerrousOxideMan> YOU SHALL NOT TERRORIZE THIS INNOCENT
CHANNEL ANYMORE
> octet rule sux:)
<Astrid> hahahahhahahahahahhaha
<FerrousOxideMan> I, FerrousOxideMan, and my faithful side-kick,
OxideBoy, shall defeat you!
<FerrousOxideMan> <psst> change yer nick, oxideboy! :)
> heheheheheeheee
*** OxideMan is now known as OxideBoy
<FerrousOxideMan> heh
<Elemental> yay!
<FerrousOxideMan> werd to boredom :)
*** Astrid is now known as SuperStrid
*** Astrid has left IRC
<Elemental> that took long enuf :)
> hehe Tra la!! we superheros are here:)
<SuperStrid> hahahahahahahha
<FerrousOxideMan> STAND BACK, EVIL XENON PHOSPHITE
<FerrousOxideMan> WE SHALL NOT BE DEFEATED
*** Elemental is now known as Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER
<Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER> w000p
<Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER> back off
> hahahahahaaa
<FerrousOxideMan> OH NO! Our home planet, Elemental, is under attack!
<Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER> ha
> Quick call Moulder:)
<FerrousOxideMan> XenonPhosphtes Big Brother seems to have taken it
over!
* SuperStrid flies to assist in the rescue mission
*** Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER is now known as Elemental
<FerrousOxideMan> quick OxideBoy, to the O2-mobile!
<Elemental> help help
> hehehee
<FerrousOxideMan> errr
*** Elemental is now known as Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER
* OxideBoy jumps into the O2-mobile
<Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER> ha...die
<SuperStrid> hahhahhahahahaahahahha
* SuperStrid grabs onto the flaming back of the o2 mobile
<FerrousOxideMan> OFF WE GO TO SAVE OUR PLANET OF
ELEMENTAL FROM THE EVEN MORE EVIL
XenonPhosphates Big Brother!
> Gallaping goolagers FerrousOxideMan what are we gonna do??
<Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER> ha
<Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER> die
<Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER> evil scum
<SuperStrid> FerralOxideMan: hahahahahahahhaha
<Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER> i shall prevail
> hehehehee
<SuperStrid> Where's CC when you *really* need him!
<Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER> foools...you will feel the wrath of
Xenon-Phosphates REALLY big brother
<FerrousOxideMan> That's easy, OxideBoy, we'll just drop XenonPhosphates
Big Brother into this handy little vial of 5 molar
HydroCholricAcid that I have on my tool belt!
* Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER hears stomping
> I know SuperStrid: use the neutron bomb on they evil foe:)
*** Xenon-Phosphates-BIG-BROTHER is now known as
Xenon-Phosphates-REALLY-Big-BR
<Xenon-Phosphates-REALLY-Big-BR> AHAH1
<Xenon-Phosphates-REALLY-Big-BR> die!
*** mf (s321484@s321484.slip.cc.uq.oz.au) has joined #trax
<Xenon-Phosphates-REALLY-Big-BR> no!!! not HCL!!
> hehehehhehee
* FerrousOxideMan pours the vial of HCl over XenonPhosphates REALLY
Big Brother
<FerrousOxideMan> See, OxideBoy!
<FerrousOxideMan> He is vanqusihed!
*** Andude (andude@vector.phantasy.com) has joined #trax
* Xenon-Phosphates-REALLY-Big-BR shrivels p
<FerrousOxideMan> <psst> die!
* Xenon-Phosphates-REALLY-Big-BR dies
*** luvk (blah@va195.idsonline.com) has joined #trax
*** Xenon-Phosphates-REALLY-Big-BR is now known as Xenon-Is-DEAD
<luvk> re
<FerrousOxideMan> luvk
> FerrourOxideMan: golleee that was totally cool:)
* SuperStrid drops her special all powerful, barrierless neutron bomb
disguised as a lipstick o BIG BROTHER to be sure
> luvk
<luvk> hey *
<SuperStrid> looooooovk!
> hahahahahhahaaaa
* Xenon-Is-DEAD is now REALLY dead...d0h
<luvk> superstreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
<SuperStrid> hahahahahahahahahahaha
<FerrousOxideMan> oxideboy: Yes, it sure was ... maybe one of these days,
you'll learn enough chemistry to take on whatever
supervillain may threaten the plantes
*** Xenon-Is-DEAD is now known as Elemental-is-safw
<FerrousOxideMan> planets
*** Elemental-is-safw is now known as Elemental-is-safe
<luvk> you're all crazy. :)
> hehehe
<FerrousOxideMan> yesh, we are
<Elemental-is-safe> way to go FerrousOxideman!
*** FerrousOxideMan is now known as ior
*** cd (~cyb@falcon.inetnebr.com) has joined #trax
<ior> okay, ehogh of that :)
<luvk> cd
> yay!!
<luvk> d'oh
<ior> cdeo
<SuperStrid> looooooooovk: Rfrain from criticism boy, or you shall be the
next to perish!
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group's actions. With the exception of annual packs, Analogue members
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Right now, Analogue members include:
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Rhythm Greene, Arcade, Vibrance, Coplan, Cryptic Blood, Purity Control,
Dataflow, Arclight, Neuropsychosis and Shaithis.
New single releases:
Ultraviolet State of Grace (BN-UVSOG.S3M) by Beaner
The Ebony Tower (NV-TOWER.IT) by Nova
Winter Dream (SH-WINTR.IT) by Shaithis
Recoil (XC-RC.IT) by Xenoc
All releases are available at ftp.cdrom.com in the incoming directories.
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December 16 1996
Hello from D.J. Skyjump
okay, some latest news to you straight from SkYjUMP tEAM (SJT)
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